The Welsh Government has been ordered to apologise for a “lack of transparency” after failing to declare the fact one members of a body overseeing their work was a prominent Labour politician.
The Regulatory Board for Wales which was originally set up by climate change minister Julie James to advise her on how her civil servants were regulating state-supported housing associations which cater for poorer people and how those housing associations were doing.
A recent investigation by the Commissioner for Public Appointments found that the Welsh Government had failed to publish the “significant political activity” of one of the board’s members. It is understood that the Labour leader of Newport Council Jane Mudd is the person referenced in a report by the Commissioner as not having her political activity declared. According to the report, the Welsh Government did publish her appointment when she was originally appointed - but failed to provide any public declaration to the board.
